2000 marked Davey Johnson’s second year as manager. In November, GM Malone shook up the roster by trading former ROY Raul Mondesi and Pedro Borbon to the Blue Jays for Jorge Nunez, and Shawn Green. In December, he sent Ismael Valdez and Eric Young to the Cubs for Terry Adams and 2 minor leaguers. He signed Mike Fetters and Adam Melhuse and Orel Hershiser as free agents in December. At the end of the month, he signed Jeff Branson. In Jan he signed free agents, Gregg Olson, F.P. Santangelo, Kevin Elster, Chad Kreuter, and Willy Aybar.
Just before spring training, he signed Geronimo Berroa and Chris Donnels.